The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-26
ABOUT WOMEN.

Kapiolani, the name of the Queen of
the Sandwich Islands, signifies "Arch of
Heaven"
The Sultan of Turkey has established
two schools for women at Constantinople. A
century ago it was considered an impro-
priety for Turkish woman to know how to
read.
The Heppner (Ore.) Gazette says:
"Miss Carrie Dillon will teach schoo. up Ram
Gulch this spring. Carrie is now developing
her muscle with q pair Of dumb-bells, and pro-
poses to subjugate old Tom Carter's freckle-
faced boy If she has to break his back and
horsewhip old Tom If he interferes.
Miss Katharine Couche, of Rochester,
has just celebrated her Tooth birthday. She is a
very well preserved old lady, and is as brisk
az most women at thirty years younger.
She sews much, and her eyesight is 80 good
that she Is able to read or thread needle with
out the aid of glasses. During the past winter
she has made several quilts, and the length Of
the stitches is as uniform as though they were
made with machine.
The working girls guilds of New
York have sprung into sudden life and growth.
Three years ago the city had not one. There
are six or eight to-day, with three or four
across the river in Brooklyn, and two or three
in Jersey City beside. Miss Grace H. Dodge,
the school commissioner, is the moving spirit
of them all, and has made them stand for self
help, study and mutual goodwill. The guilds
have 1900 members at the least.
The Brooklyn Normal School for
Physical Training has initiated q new occupa-
tion for women and started what may possibly
prove the beginning Of q national movement
rfN In fo ~lo 1v,
acourse Of rational work and study to be COM
petent instructors in physical training and
take positions which are rapidly opening to
them as heads Of women's gymnasia and teach
ers Of the proper training Of the body in girls
schools.
The wife of Minister Phelps Is q
striking-looking woman and receives heI
guests with great ease and cordiality. She II
about the medium height, with q full. round
figure. Her nose is nearly straight and hel
mouth is very small and pleasant in expression
Her eyes are very soft gray, full Of express
sion and showing q great appreciation of fun
when she laughs. Her hair, which is almost
white, is arranged in small, short, soft rings
about her face and over the top Of her head.
The women in the Sultan's seraglio al
Constantinople have just been vaccinated te
| the number of 160 in large hail. under the
superintendent Of four gigantic eunuchs
| The italian Surgeon, to whom the task WA
| conhded, was stationed in front Of O huge
| screen, and the women were concealed behind
! 1t. A hole had been made In the centre Of the
screen just large enough to allow an arm t<
| lass through and in this manner the arms OF
various colors and sizes were presented to the
operator in rapid succession.
Those who know best about sucl
things say that Mrs. Mackay, or Mrs. JOIN
Jacob Astor, or Mrs. Stanford, can show mors
fine diamonds than belong to any Of the roya
| families In Europe, with the exception o.
Great Britain or Russia Mrs. Stanford pur
chased almost entire the collection Of ex Queer
Isabella, Of Spain, when It was sold severa
years ago, and the total Investment amounte,
to e1.M0,000 or 20. Since then and before sh'
has made other purchases, and o4,00,O00 woull
not buy what she has ct their actual value.
|
Cemmeros's Debt 70 Science.
At the Colonial Conference lately Assem-
bled In London, some striking facts were pu
forward by Mr.. Pender, chairman Of the East
ern Telegraph Company. - TO the debt whicl
commerce owes to science. Twenty years e.
there were scarcely 1000 miles Of submarin
cables now there are 107 600 miles, Of yhicl
:o ~ put ca ~ Ssns s1s sis SSSss s9n .ns
can ct the present time be laid with compare
lively little risk Of breakage, and with an al
most certainty Of efficient repair" The t0ta
land lines are estimated ct 1,760,000 miles
costing e9o0, 0,0o0, 900.
4 Ltsls Secret Ansnt ths High Hat
"There Il one good ysason," says . societ,
Lady, why the high bat sttl houlishes. Y
savn M mo- mt ~, knr hnk With hnP 0oFnnn